The National Emblem adopted by India shows:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Three lions, a bull and a galloping horse.
The State Emblem, adopted on 26 January 1950, is taken from the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath. The capital has four lions standing back to back, but in the emblem, a flat side view, only three lions are seen. On the base below them the Dharma Chakra sits in the centre, with a bull on the right and a galloping horse on the left. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ are written below in Devanagari.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (2) Three lions, an elephant and a bull. — Incorrect. The elephant is carved on a side of the original capital that the emblem does not show; the horse is shown.
Option (3) Three lions, an elephant and a galloping horse. — Incorrect. The animal beside the horse in the emblem is a bull, not an elephant.
Option (4) Four lions, an elephant and a galloping horse. — Incorrect. The fourth lion is hidden from view, and there is no elephant in the emblem.